The
RIDROM has been incorporated into ERIH PLUS, that is, the most important
European index of Humanities and Social Sciences journals (non-commercial
index, unlike SCOPUS) and in HAS (supervised by the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences).

ACTIVITIES
OF THE INSTITUTE OF CLASSIC STUDIES ON SOCIETY AND POLITICS "LUCIO ANNEO
SÉNECA"

The
Institute "Lucio Anneo Séneca" of the Carlos III University of Madrid
has organized a rich list of activities for the year 2018, such as lectures,
book presentations in a social gathering format with their authors,
international congresses and seminars whose information can be consulted in www.institutolucioanneoseneca.com.

INVESTITURE AS DHC OF THE PROFESSOR ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ
DE BUJÁN

Professor D.
Antonio Fernández de Buján was invested D.H.C by the Universities San Pablo-CEU
of Madrid and Córdoba in their corresponding solemn acts on March 2 and 6 respectively.
Professor Blanch and Professor Alburquerque,
acted as sponsors.

XX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND XXIII IBERO-AMERICAN
CONGRESS

The last edition of the International and
Ibero-American Congress of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law (AIDROM)
took place at the University Lusiada-Porto, from March 21 to 23, around the
"LOCATIO-CONDUCTIO: INFLUENCE OF
ROMAN LAW ON RIGHTS CURRENT”.

LXXII CONFERENCE OF SIHDA

The 72 th Session of the SIHDA will be
holded at the Jagiellonian University in Kraköw from 11 to 15 september. The
central theme is Plus ratio quam vis.

XX LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

The
Gruppo di ricerca sulla diffusione di
Diritto romano with the collaboration of the Centro di Studi Giuridici Latinoamericani della Università
"Tor Vergata" will celebrate the XX Latin American Congress of Roman
Law that will be inaugurated on September 20, 2018 at the Università di Sassari and will be also develop in Rome on the 24th
and 25th, at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

The next edition of the Congress of the Ibero-american Association of Roman law
(AIDROM) will be held in Porto, Lusiada
University, from 21 to 23 March. The theme chosen as the central focus of study
and discussion is "LOCATIO-CONDUCTIO:
INFLUENCE OF ROMAN LAW ON CURRENT LAWS”

On 19 May, the First Seminar of the
Research Project "The Byzantine Author" was held at the Facultad de
Filosofía y Letras of the University of Valladolid, under the direction of
Professors Juan Signes Codoñer and Francisco Javier Andrés Santos.

The event was attended by professors from various
universities (Valladolid, Deusto,
Castilla-La Mancha, Cagliari, Milano-Biccoca, Patras and Burgos) and was
organized around two sessions: “About Roman Law in Byzantium”, and the evening
session about Classical literature and Byzantine literature: continuity and
breaking off”

STUDY SESSION IN
HONOR OF PROFESSOR LUIGI LABRUNA

On the occasion of the 80th birthday of
Prof. Labruna, on 30 May, the XXIII edition of the Forum of the Association of
Young Historians of Law was dedicatedto
"Law and Humanities: points of view of the world of Law through
History". This session took place in the Universitat degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.

SEMINAR OF ROMAN LAW.
UNIVERSITY CARLOS III. MADRID

The area of ​​Roman Law and the Institute of Classical Studies 'Lucio
Anneo Séneca' organized the
Seminar dedicated to Latin declamations, on June 9, at Carlos III University.
He had the lectures of Professor Antonio Stramaglia (Università degli
Studi di BariAldo Moro) and Professor Luigi Pellecchi (Università degli Studi di Pavia).

La liberté et les interdictions dans
les droits de l'antiquité was
the central topic of the Congress LXXI of the Societé Internationale Fernand De Visscher pour l'Histoire des Droits
de l’antiquitè (SHIDA) that take place from 12th to 16th
September 2017 in Bologna and Ravenna.

INTERNATIONAL
SUMMER SCHOOL

In the area of ​​the Interdepartmental Center
"Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz", in collaboration with the Consorzio Interuniversitario Gérard Boulvert and the Centro
di cultura romana del diritto e dei sistemi giuridici contemporanei, held from 18 to 24 September, the course of summer "The roots of the
European legal culture. Old texts and documents, between language and law
".

INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

At the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro,
on 6 October, was held the International Interdisciplinary Congress "I Bonfante. Una storia scientifica itialiana
", organized by Network ELR - European Legal Roots, with the purpose of
examining the contribution offered by Pietro B. (1864-1932), Giuliano B.
(1904-2005) and Larissa Bonfante (daughter of Giuliano and granddaughter of
Pietro, 1931), to the Italian and international culture.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AT CARLOS III UNIVERSITY

At the initiative
of the Institute of Classical Studies "Lucio
Anneo Seneca" of the University Carlos III of Madrid, on October 11
was organized the Workshop: “IURA
MONARCHIAE. The political thought of Dante, between Antiquity, Middle Ages
and Modern”.

Professor Rodríguez
Ennes is invested D.H.C. by the
University of Flores, on October 27, in a solemn ceremony as the culmination of
the Fourth Congress of General Principles and Roman Law, held in the
aforementioned Argentine University.

SEMINAR "WOMEN OF OLD ROME"

The Seminar on
"Women of Ancient Rome" was held in the Museum of the Roman Theater
in Cartagena on 26 and 27 October. Participants included members of the IVRA
RvB research group, who promoted this seminar, which included a
multidisciplinary team linked to different Spanish universities, international
and national museums.

CEDANT 2018

The Center of Studies and Research of Ancient Law
of the University of Pavia organizes the XIV Collegium of Roman Law with the following argument: The Theodosian
Code: Compilation, Transmission, Reception.

The activities will
be held from 8 to 26 January at the Ghislieri College, under the direction of
Professor Liebs of the University of Freiburg and Professor Mantovani of the
University of Pavia.

On 23th January, in Palencia, let us Professor Daza at 86
years of age. He studied theology at the Pontifical University of Comillas and
completed his legal studiesat the
University of Oviedo, the Sorbonne in Paris, Strasbourg, Rome and Munich.
Professor of Roman law at the universities of Alicante and Madrid.

Author of numerous scientific works. One of his last
published work was in the second issue of the RIDROM (2009): the review that
will take place from the monograph of his disciple and daughter of his master “La función jurisdiccional civil en Roma.
Cuadernos de Derecho Registral, Madrid, 2008”, the also Professor of Roman law,
Mrs. Margarita Fuentesecala review that will take place from the monograph of
his disciple and daughter of his master.

His “Iniciación
histórica al Derecho Romano”, essential tool for generations of Jurists, as
well as their translation of the work of Volterra “Instituciones de Derecho
Privado Romano” and his “Instituciones de
Derecho Privado Romano”, whose authorship is shared with Professor
Rodríguez Ennes, are evidence of his pedagogic vocation.

We do not want, finally, get rid of the conception that
Professor Daza had University and that expressed in the second issue of the
Review “Alternativas. Cuadernos de
Trabajo Social” (1992) from the position that was then as director of the
same and which serves as a reflection of the role that everyone must play in
it:

Professor Antunez, Professor of Roman law at the Faculty
of law of the University of San Marcos, died suddenly, on March 31 th. He also
taught teaching at the Universidad de Lima and the University Garcilaso de la
Vega.

Among his numerous works highlights their “Apuntes romanísticos” (Edit. San Marcos,
Lima, 1996). In addition to lawyer and University Professor, also highlighted
in other facets, from the business sector to the cultural.

Rest
in peace

VI
EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE URSICINO ÁLVAREZ

The Academia Matritense del Notariado and
the Fondation Seminar Roman Law Ursicino Álvarez held on 27th February, on the
occasion of the 5th centenary of the birth of D. Antonio Agustín and the I centenary
of the birth of D. Juan Iglesias, the awards ceremony of the international
prize Ursicino Álvarez to the Hon. Mr. D. José Manuel Pérez-Prendes
Muñoz-Arracó, Emeritus Professor of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Prior
to the Act of such a prestigious award, were given the conferences "D.
Antonio Agustín Albanell (1517-1586)" and "The romanística complutense of the 20th century (1880-1987), by
professors Cuena and Paricio, respectively

XIX
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND XXII IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

In
Barcelona, from 5 to 7 April, took place the Congress of the Ibeoramericana
Association of Roman law (AIDROM), which was attended by a large number of
Romanists from diverse national and international universities, whose work
focused on the theme: "Fundamentos
romanísticos del actual derecho de sucesiones”

D.H.C.
PROFESSOR RODRIGUEZ ENNES

The
Emeritus Professor of Roman law of the Universidade
de Vigo (Spain) and Dean honorary of the Faculty of law of Ourense, D. Luís
Rodríguez Ennes, has received in honor of DHC be conferred by the National
University of Comahue (Argentina), on April 27.

SEMINAR ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE OF ROME

At the
École française of Rome, in particular, in the bosom of its library Volterra, will
take place from June 19-22, the training workshops in research
"Introduction to Roman law sources", aimed at young researchers,
under the direction of the teachers Ferrary, Mantovani and Menard.

The
next LXXIe Session of the Société
Internationale Fernand de Visscher pour l’Histoire des Droits de l’Antiquité
(SIHDA) will be held in Bologna, from 12th to 16th September. The chosen theme
is: "La liberté et les interdictions
dans les droits de l'antiquité”

On May 11 stThe Institute of Methodology and History of
the Juridical Science of the Complutensian University of Madrid (IMHCJ-UCM),
organized a Study session in which intervened as moderator Professor Martínez,
Director of the IMHCJM, as well as Professors Paricio, Perez-Prendes and
Lorenzo of the UCM, and the Professor of the Sorbonne, Georges Martin.

DHC PROFESSOR HAMZA HOLD XI EIRP
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Under the patronages of Galati's
universities (Romania), Camerino (Italy) and Czestochowa (Poland), at Galati
took place 11 th Edition of the International Conference European
Integration-Realities and Perspectives, during the 20th and 21st of May, and was
conferring the title of Doctor Honoris
Causa to Professor Hamza.

SEMINAR OF PROFESSOR STAGL

The Department of Roman law of the
Faculty of Law of the Complutensian University of Madrid organized, last June
2, a Seminar that with title " The didactic system of Gai ", was
imparted by Professor Stagl.

XVIII th INTERNATIONAL AND XXI st IBERO-AMERICAN
CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

The University of Belém do Para (Brazil),
received from August 29thto 31stAugust
Congress the XVIII International and The
Latin-American XXIst of Roman law, at which a nourished number of romanists was
present under the subject "Commercial Relations. Contribution of Rome to
the contemporary globalization ".

International
Academic Conference on Law, Politics and Management (IACLPM 2016) was hold inBudapest, Hungary on September 8-9, 2016. IACLPM 2016
is an annual International Academic Conference, which covers main fields
of Law, Politics and Management. The mission of IACLPM 2016 is to
provide a plataform for researchers, academicians as well as other
professionals from all over the world to present their research results in Law,
Political Science and Management. Were present members of the academy of the
sciences of Hungary, as the Professor Hamza, or Professors of the University
Eötvös Loránd, as the Prof. Guira and Sándor.

"Ius et periculum. Law as confronted to
risk in the Antiquity " was the central topic of the Congress LXX of the
Societé Internationale Fernand De Visscher pour l'Histoire des Droits de
l’antiquitè (SHIDA) that 13 to September 17, was celebrated in the Parisian
University of The Sorbonne - Paris the IInd Panthéon-Assas.

PRESENTATION OF THE VOLUME I PERCORSI DI UN HISTORIKOS

The volume 58 of Biblioteca di Athenaeum, the proceedings
of Pavía's Congress of September, 2014,
with the title " I percorsi di un
historikos " and in Emilio Gabba's memory, it was presented on
September 23, in Pavía, by the interventions, between others, of the Professors
of the University of Pavía Francioni and Mantovani, as well as the academician dei Lincei, the Prof. Capogrossi
Colognesi and the Professor of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Aldo
Schiavone.

IIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, CHAIR
INOCENCIO III

"Justice, Mercy and Law. From
the revenge to the pardon in the History of the Law " it is the topic
chosen by the Chair Inocencio III of investigation in History of the law common
Law and Canon law, for his second international congress that will take place on
December 13-16 in the Catholic University of Murcia.

XIXth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
XXIInd OF ROMAN LAW

The next congress of the Association
Ibeoramericana of Roman law (AIDROM) will take place in Barcelona, from April 5
to April 7, 2017, concerning the topic " Foundations romanísticos of the
current right of successions ".

On the 25th of
February, Professor Panero, magnificent professional and jurist capable of
combining his teaching job along with research and management of the
university, passed away.

Proof of this
fundamental pillar in the profile of every university professor is having
carried out his duties between the University of Barcelona, along with his
great teacher Professor Latorre, and Lleida, as an invited professor, in the
Abad Oliba Center of Higher Education and in the Faculty of Law of ESADE, not
to mention his conferences and lessons given in various universities, in Spain
as well as abroad, or his leadership of a Teaching Innovation group.

His research profile
is marked not only for having been the Director of a research group for years
in the University and for having been the teacher and guide of various research
theses; but also, the fruits of his abundant research will forever be reflected
in the studies that cover “Observations on the primary meaning of
capitisdeminutio” (1976) and “The formation of juridic concepts” (2006), not to
mention his “Roman Law” (1997), or “The legal experience of Rome” (1998), among
others.

Furthermore, in the
area of management, he held the position of Secretary of the Hiring Committee, as
well as being Chair of the Government Commission; he was a member of the
Faculty Committee, of the staff and Vice-president of Division two: legal and
social sciences; member of the Advisory Council of the International Studies
Center (CEI) and of the Managing Committee of the Latin American Association of
Roman Law on behalf of the Romanists of the Catalonian Universities, as well as
of the International Center of Commercial and Real-Estate Record Law, among
many other accomplishments which prove his constant dedication and infinite
effort.

Among other
activities and mentions, where should having been the holder of the mertiesportiu medal from the Universitat
de Barcelona, as well as his thirty participations on boards for theses and
appointments be placed?: In any case, all these actions demonstrate his love
and dedication for the cupidalegum
Juventus (RIDROM [on line]. 7-2011. ISSN 1989-1970. p. 1-75.
<http://www.ridrom.uclm.es>) to which, like a good teacher, he dedicated
his teachings.

Rest in peace.

CAMACHO EVANGELISTA HAS PASSED AWAY

Professor Fermín Camacho Evangelista passed away on November 30th, 2015,
in Granada, at the age of 81.

Grandson of a lawyer
and engineer, he wasn’t sure of what educational path to take, although in the
end he selected Law as his chosen field. He carried out, after his studies,
part of his academic activity in Munich, Frankfurt and Brussels and was a
visiting professor in universities of Switzerland, Italy, the United States,
Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

He went on to become
a full professor of Roman Law, first in Cordova and later in Granada. It was in
this latter city where he held many academic positions – Secretary General,
Faculty Dean, Department Head- ; political positions – Deputy Mayor of Granada,
as well as the cultural city councilman and member of the Advisory Board of
Andalusia- and will be known for having been the first secular President of the
Royal School of San Bartolomé and Santiago.

Additionally, he was the
cofounder of the “German Hispanic Cultural Association”, he participated in the
foundation of the first association of hispanic-chinese friendship created in
Spain, in addition to the “Center of Historic Studies of Granada and its
Kingdom”, organization of which he was vice-president.

As part of this
scientific legacy, works of note include the one completed about “Iusnaturale” in
the Roman legal sources (1962); the Foundation of Rome and transition of the
Monarchy to the Republic (1976)- that served as a base to pick the topic up
again in 2002 to publish: The hypothesis of the royal son-in-law: the
foundation of Rome and the monarchy-republic transition; his Roman Jurists and jurisprudential
practice, together with Professor Carrillo de Ablornoz (1987); as well as his
teaching manual “Roman Law Course”(1989).

Rest in peace.

STUDY SESSION
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR SPAGNUOLO VIGORITA

The Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza of la Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico
II, within the Progetto di
Internazionalizzazione dei Corsi di Studio Coinor/Compagnia di San Paolo, organized
a Cycle of Lessons on Roman Marriage Law and Social History from the 23-25th
of November 2015, dedicated to Professor Tullio Vigorita, of which Professor
Thomas A.J. McGinn from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), was in
charge.

REDISCOVERINGTHE HIDDEN STRUCTUREA new appreciation of
Juristic textsAnd Patterns of
thought in Late Antiquity

The workshop “A new
appreciation of Juristic texts and Patterns of thought in Late Antiquity” took
place in the University College of London in two sessions which were held the 4th
and 5th of December, 2015.Organized by the
directors of the Volterra Project,
Professor Benet Salway from University College London and from the Redhis
Project, Professor of the University of Pavia, Dario Mantovani, it had a high
level of participation among not only members of projects – among others
Professor Carrasco from the University Carlos III of Madrid, professors
Ammirati and Fressura from the Unversity of Pavia, and the professors from University
College London, Salway and Corcoran-, but also invited professors from other
universities – Professor Metzger from the University of Glasgow; Stolte from
Groningen, or Puliatti, from the University of Parma, among others-.

STUDIA IN HONOREM
PROFESSOR HAMZA

On December 17th 2015, in the Faculty of Law of Eötvös
Loránd Unviersty, fue was presented the volume “Ad geographiam
historico-iuridicam ope iuris Romani colendam. Studia in honorem Gábor Hamza”,
in the ceremony homage to Professor Hamza, for his 65 th birthday and for his
life devoted to science and study of Roman Law.

In the ceremony, with the vice-dean of the Faculty of
Law, Prof. Varga, took part prof. and members of the Hungarian Academy of
Scienes, la Harmathu ands Vékas, and their editors, Prof. Földi, Sándor y
Siklósi.

CONVEGNO
INTERNAZIONALE EPIGRAFI, PAPIRI E DIRITTO IN PIÙ LINGUE

In the framework of Progetto di ricerca di rilevante interesse nazionale
directed by Professor Masi Doria, L’autorità
delle parole. Le forme del discorso precettivo romano tra conservazione e
mutamento (PRIN 2010-2011), took place in the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, on December 17th
2015, the aforementioned international congress in which invited speakers
participated such as, among others, Professor Cotton of the Hebrew University
of Jersualem; Professor Stolte of the University of Groningen, and Professors
Alonso and Rodríguez Martín from the University of the Basque Country and Complutense
of Madrid, respectively.

5TH EDITION OF THE
AWARDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL URSICINIO ÁLVAREZ PRIZE

The Madrid Academy of
notary and the “Ursicinio Álvarez Roman Law Seminar” foundation awarded the
International Ursicinio Álvarez prize, in the Notarial School of Madrid, to
Professors Baldus and Casavola on the 15th of February, from the universities
of Heidelberg and Federico II of Naples.

PRESENTATION OF THE
BOOK “WOMEN IN TIME OF AUGUST: SOCIAL REALITY AND LEGAL IMPOSITION”

“Women in time of
August: social reality and legal imposition”, the collective work coordinated
by Professors Rodríguez /Bravo dedicated to the Professor of Roman Law in the
University of Valladolid who disappeared five years ago, MariLuz Blanco, was
presented the 31st of March in the Law Faculty of the University of
Valladolid.

The touching ceremony
was attended by the Presidents of the University of León, José Ángel Hermida –
husband of the dear missing colleague - ; the University of Valladolid, Daniel
Miguel San José – President of the University in which MariLuz did her teaching
– and the President of the University of Burgos, Alfonso Murillo – President of
the Association of Roman Law-; colleagues of the University of Valladolid;
Professor Torrent, her teacher, as well as the coordinators of the collective
work, some of whom were authors that participated in it, relatives and friends
of Professor Blanco.

On the occasion of
the publication of the interesting study “La
valutazione possibile. Teoria e praticanel mondo dellaricerca” carried out
by Professor Bonaccorsi, the roundtable “Per
una valutazione possible nelle scienze umane e sociale” was organized on
the 4th of April, with the support of the Consorzio
Boulvert, of the Centro Arangio-Ruiz and
of the Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza della
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.

Professor Labruna was
in charge of the presidency and after the introductions of Professors De
Giovanni, Masi Doria and the interventions of Professors Cascione, Calise
Palora, Rubino and Zoppoli, the actual author, Professor Bonaccorsi was able to
examine, alongside his participants, the principal theoretical and empirical
arguments contrary to the evaluation of the research activity.

ACT OF HOMAGE TO
PROFESSOR TORRENT

Professor Torrent
received on April 20, at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, in a ceremony
presided by the Rector of the University, a sense recognition of his extensive
scientific and academic career, reflected in the publication of a tribute book where
has participated a significant number of professors, mainly from Roman law,
international, and legal scholars, who wanted to pay tribute.

A Book Homage that
was presented at the same act for their coordinators, Murillo and Castán, as
well as Calzada and attended by a large number of his disciple, colleagues from
other disciplines as well as representatives of the College of Notaries and
Registrars of Madrid, family and friends.

PRESENTATION OF THE
BOOK HOMAGE TO PROFESSOR RODRIGUEZ ENNES

The publication
" Studia Varia ". Book Homage to Professor Luis Rodriguez Ennes
occasion of his seventieth birthday " was presented on April 22 at the
Provincial Council of Pontevedra, in the act of homage to Professor for "
a lifetime devoted to knowledge and research. "

The act, chaired by
Ms. Carmela Silva, President of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, attended
also among colleagues, family and friends, Lawyer and Academician of the
Galician Academy of Jurisprudence, Mr. Modesto Barcia Lago, and Ms. Margarita
Fuenteseca, Professor of Roman law at the University of Vigo, both directors of
the book, as well as Professor Musemeci, of the Università degli Studi di Catania”.

18th
INTERNATIONAL AND 21ST IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

In the University of
Belem do Para, Brasil, the next congress of the AIDROM will take place from the
29th-31st of August, 2016. The topic of the congress will be: “Commercial
Relations. Contribution of Rome to Contemporary Globalization”.

The 70th Congress of
the Société InternationaleFernand De
Visscherpourl'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité (SIHDA) will be held in
Paris, from the 13th to the 17th of September, in the Universitè
Pantheon-Assas, with the central point being the study Ius et Periculum. Le droitfaceau risque dansl’Antiquitè.

The seminar on “Public
funding: roman experiences and new models” was held on the 16th and
17th of April at the University of Turin and was organized by Andrea
Trisciuoglio, Roman law professor at the University of Turin.

“GIORNATA DI STUDI” IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR GUARINO

On the 18th of
May, thanks to an initiative by Professor Labruna, the Law Department of the
University of Nápoles Federico II commemorated the disappearance of Professor
Guarino with a “Giornata di studi” in which Lectio
Magistralis was funded by Professor Nicosia; the Relazione, by Professor Di Salvo. In addition, Manfredi, dean of
the above-mentioned university, as well as the Director of the Department,
Professor De Giovanni and the Director of the Interdepartmental Center
Arangio-Ruiz, Professor Masi Doria contributed to the project.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS OF THE PRIVATE LAW DEPARTMENT AT THE CARLOS III
UNIVERSITY IN MADRID

The Area of Roman Law and
the “Lucio Anneo Séneca” Classical Studies Institute organized the seminar
“Traveler texts: the cases of the Theodosian Code and the Digest of Justinian”
on the 15th of June. Professors Salway, of University College
London, and Wallinga, from the Universiteit Rotterdam – Universiteit Antwerpen
Erasums program were those in charge of the scheduled presentations, of which
Professor Coma Fort, on behalf of his teacher Professor Paricio, deserves
special mention.

HONORIS CAUSA DOCTORATE OF PROFESSOR ANKUM

Roman Law Professor of the
University of Amsterdam, Johan Albert Hans Ankum, was awarded an honorary
doctorate by the University of Murcia on the 23rd of June. The Laudatio was pronounced, in name of the missing
Professor Díaz Bautista, by Professor Juan Ramón Robles.

SEMINAR AT THE CARLOS III UNIVERSITY IN MADRID: “THE LATIN DECLAMATIONES: LAW AND LITERATURE”

Organized by the Area of
Roman Law and the Classical Studies Institute “Lucio Anneo Séneca”, the Seminar
“The Latin Declamationes: Law and
Literature” was held on the 19th of October. Professor Balbo, from
the University of Turin, and Professor Marta Bettinazzi, from the University of
Pavia, were the invited speakers who discussed the topics studied in the same
university.

“GIORNATA DI STUDIO” IN THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY IN ROME

With the title “Influsso e
rilievo della giurisprudenza e della codificazione italiane nei paesi dell’Europa
dell’Est”, Roman Law Professor from Eötvös Loránd University and ordinary
fellow from the Academy of Hungarian Sciences, Professor Gabo rHamza, lead “Giornata
di studio” on the 29th of October in the Hungarian Academy in Rome.

13TH “COLLEGIO DI DIRITTO ROMANO”. CEDANT. PAVIA

The Centro di situdi e ricerche sui DirittiAntichi, CEDANT, at the
University of Pavia, is organizing the 13th “Collegio di Diritto Romano”, from the 11-29th of January
2016. The CEDANT, lead by professors Babusiaux, from the University of Zürich,
and Mantovani, from the University of Pavia, propose the topic to be “Le
Istituzioni di Gaio: avventure di un bestseller. Trasmissione, uso e
trasformazione del testo”.

18TH INTERNATIONAL AND 21ST IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

The Ibero-American
Association of Roman Law (AIDROM) will hold its annual congress from the 29th
to the 31st of August in Belem do Para (Brasil). The subject chosen
is “Commercial Relations. Contribution of Rome to contemporary globalization”.

On
the 17th of March and at the age of 45, José María Coma Fort passed away. He
was a professor of Roman Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and was
qualified by some to be the best Spanish Romanist and one of the most widely
recognized European Romanists of his generation. Born in Zaragoza, he completed
his studies of Law in the Universidad Complutense where he was also a professor
for 25 years and as his teacher Professor Paricio put it, he was one of the
most loved teachers by students and staff of the Law Faculty. As a student of
Professor Pérez Prendes as well, some of his most well-known works were “Commented
index on the sources of collections of the Corpus iuris civilis” (2008) or his
recent “Codex Theodosianus” (2014), winner of the Rafael Altamira award. For
him, following the advice of Quintiliano, teaching was a sign of affection
toward his students, the transmission of secular knowledge, like Roman Law and
the History of Law, one of the highest honors that a person could aspire to,
with his testimony and example reached, according to those who knew and admired
him, with talent, rigor and determination. Rest in peace.

FRITZ
STURM HAS PASSED AWAY

He
who was a student of professors Meyland and Kunkel, and at the same time,
professor to Vigneron and Gerkens, Professor Sturm passed away on the 14th of
March at the age of 85. He studied Classic Antiquity and Law in the
universities of Tübingen, Lausanne, Genoa, Bologna, and Heidelberg. He was a
professor at the University of Lausanne, the same one from which he received
his doctorate and later retired, although he also taught at other universities.
Honorary professor of the Law Faculty of the University of Lausanne, D.h.c.
from the University of Liège, and among other merits, awarded the first class Bundesverdienstkreuz
from the German Republic. This gives us an idea of the dedication and good work
carried out by Professor Sturm in his numerous studies, from the very first Abalienatio,
which was published in 1957, until his contribution to the study published in
volume 23 of the Schriftenreihe des Rechtshistorischen Museums Karlsruhe for
the Jahre Badisches Landrecht published in 2011. Rest in peace.

CONFERENCE
WITH PROFESOR SCHERMAIER

The
Roman and Civil Law professor, as well as the Director of the Roman Law and
Comparative History of Law Institute of the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in
Bonn, gave a master class for the Course of Institutions of Roman Law,
organized by the Department of Private Law and History of Law at the University
of Milan about “Adempimento/inadempimento dell’obbligazione nella prospettiva
del creditore”.

ANTONIO
FERNÁNDEZ DE BUJÁN JOINS THE OFFICIAL ORDER OF ALFONSO X “EL SABIO”

The
Roman Law professor from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, full member of the
Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, as well as the Galician Royal
Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Professor Antonio Fernández de Buján,
has joined the Civil Order of Alfonso X “El Sabio”, with the rank of Encomienda
con Placa, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, according
to Order ECD/2454/2014, the 19th of December.

RELIGIONE
E DIRITTO ROMANO. LA COGENZA DEL RITO

Coordinated
by Professor Randazzo, last Feburary, a year after the Seminar with the same
name took place in the Italian Università LUM Jean Monnet, the volume “Religione
e Diritto Romano. La cogenza del rito” came to light, a voluminous work with
more than 500 pages in which works from young researchers as well as
internationally renowned studies are collected, about the correlation between
law and religion in Roman Law.

PROFESSOR
HAMZA’S CONFERENCE

Professor
Hamza, professor of Comparative Law, Roman Law and Eastern European legal
systems in the Law Faculty of the University “Eötvos Loránd” in Budapest gave a
conference on the 24th of March called “Codificacione e ricodificacione del
diritto privato nei Paesi dell’Europa dell’Est nel contesto della tradizione
del diritto romano”, in the frame of the Conference Cycle organized by the professors
from Istituzioni di Diritto romano e Fondamenti del Diritto europeo, part of
the Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza of the University of Sassari.

17TH
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND 20TH ROMAN LAW IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS

The
Ibero-American Association of Roman Law (AIDROM), which now has a new
president, Roman Law professor and Rector of the University of Burgos, Dr.
Alfonso Murillo Villar, held their annual congress in Bologna from the 26th to
the 28th of March, entitled “Law of obligations: the importance of Roman Law in
the era of legal globalization”.

III
INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF ADMINISTRATIVE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FISCAL ROMAN LAW

On
the 7th and 8th of May, on the Luigi Einaudi Campus, main office of the Law
Department of the University of Turin, the III International Days of Administrative,
Environmental and Fiscal Roman Law, under the direction of Professor Dr.
Antonio Fernández de Buján will be held.

14TH
CONGRESS OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

The
Spanish Society of Classical Studies (SEEC) will hold its Congress this year in
Barcelona, from the 13th to the 18th of July, under the national presidency of
Professor Ruiz and the organization of Professor Borrell, president of the
Catalonian section of the SEEC.

The professor
Antonio Guarino has passed away on the 2nd October. Little time before, on the
past 16th May, he could have a heartfelt homage from his family,
friends, and disciples in his “master very short century” celebration, as professor
Labruna said, along with, and according to his vital experience, he
concentrated the practice and theoretical knowledge in an incredible way which
gave him the capacity of understanding the human being. He was magistrate,
lawyer, journalist, professor, senator, a master of the textual exegesis able
to intertwine strict texts from the Corpus
iuris with Ovidio´s verses, as Labruna said. He constantly looked for Law,
for the solution of a problem, for the decision according to justice. His
continuous worry for working as “il
mestiere del giusromanista” and his calling for solving the case “giving to
each one his/her due” should be an example for all of us, not only for going on
in our educational and researching work, but also for going ahead in our lives.

ALEJANDRINO FERNANDEZ BARREIRO IS
DECEASED

Professor
Fernandez Barreiro passed away on 14th October. He was a recognized
professor of Roman Law, politician and lawyer. He got his degree at the Santiago
de Compostela University where eleven years later got a Roman Law chair. Once
set up, he moved to La Coruña University where became General Secretary and
Dean in the Law faculty, at the same time that Public Law department Director. He
was numerary member in the Galician Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and
Legislation, parliamentary and Xunta
Counselor. He was the
author, among others of: “La
previa información del adversario en el proceso privado romano” (1969); “Los
estudios de Derecho romano en Francia después del Código de Napoleón” (1970);
“La frustración de comparecencia por intervención de un tercero” (1972);
“Presupuestos de una concepción jurisprudencial del Derecho romano” (1976);
“Derecho común y derechos nacionales en la tradición jurídica europea” (1991);
“El factor jurisprudencial como elemento de identidad de la cultura jurídica
europea” (1998), or “Estudios de Derecho procesal civil romano” (1999). Together with professor Paricio, he
also published “Historia
del derecho romano y su recepción europea” (2010). Rest in peace.

PROFESSOR ALONSO SEMINAR

“L´ENIGMA DEI PRESTITO DOCUMENTATI KATÁ
PISTIN A NOME ALTRUI NELLA PRASSI DEI PAPIRI”, is the title of the seminar
that professor Alonso Rodríguez gave in the Universitá
degli Studi di Napoli Federico II on the past 10th May. This
seminar took place under the wing of the doctorate course in Roman Law and Romanistic tradition: basis of
European Law.

The Italian Institute
of Culture in Budapest took in the book presentation of professor Hamza from
the Eötvös Lránd Universitát. The
presentation was on 14th May, being the book´s title “Origine e sviluppo degli ordinamenti giusprivatistici
moderni in base alla tradizione del diritto romano”, published by Andavira.

“ORIENS ARCA IURIS” SCIENTIFIC
AWARD GIVEN TO PROFESSOR HAMZA

Due to his
merits related to scientific investigation of Roman and Byzanthine Law studies,
at the same tame that thanks to his history in the east European countries
legal systems, professor Hamza has been distinguished for “Iura orientalis” with the “Oriens
arca Iuris”award last 24th June in the “Pontificio Instituto Orientale”, in Rome.

This is the
title of the Summer Course of Castilla-la Mancha University, which, conducted
by both professors Alicia Valmaña and Gema Polo, took place last 2nd
and 3rd June. In the Legal and Social Science Faculty of Toledo, the
course gathered professors of different legal disciplines, at the same time
that institutional and empresarial sphere representatives, and a huge number of
students of the different regional universities campus, and people interested
in the subject developed.

III SEMINAR OF INTERNATIONAL ROMAN LAW. UNIVERSITY OF VIGO

On the 7TH
July, the III seminar of international Roman Law took place in the Legal and
Work Science Faculty of Vigo University. The seminar was conducted by professors
Rodriguez Ennes and Fuenteseca. During its development several talks took
place, such as professor Hamza about “The contract concept and Roman law”; Professor
Mantovani, who spoke about “Legum multitudo:
la scomparse delle leges publicae nel Digesto”, and professor Carrasco
presenting “Una compraventa poética: HorEp.2.2”.
These professors belong to Budapest, Pavia and Carlos III Universities respectively.

LXVIII SIHDA CONGRESS

From 16TH
to 20TH September took place the LXVIII Congress of the Societé InternationaleFernand de
Visscherpuorl´Histoire des Droits de l´Antiquité, in the Universitádeglistidi di Napoli Federico III,
being its central theme the Regulae iuris
study.

DER EINFLUSS
DES DEUTSCHEN RECHTSDENKENS IN MITTELEUROPA

The Andrassy
University of Budapest, in cooperation with the foreign delegation in Hungary
of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung was
the place where the International congress “The influence of German legal
Thoughts in Middle Europe”, took place last 22nd October. In this
congress, as organizers participated professor Anderheiden and Hamza, attended as
well professors from Viena, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Arad, among others.

BIMILLENARY OF EMPEROR AUGUSTUS DEATH

From 15TH
December have been organized several scientific-academic activities taking
place in the Museum of Almeria about woman’s argument, from augustean Rome
topresent time, such a Seminar, a round
table discussing, an archeology laboratory, didactic workshops and an art
exhibition of roman comics. In this way, University of Almería together
Counseling of Education, Cultur and Sport and the Andalucian Women Istitute
have been added to international acts to the Bimillenary of Emperor Augustus
death.

XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND XX ROMAN LAW IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS

The Roman Law
Iberoamerican Association (AIDROM) will celebrate the next annual congress in Bologna.
It will be from 26th to 28th march, and will be developed under the
title: “Law of Obligations: the importance of Roman Law in the legal
globalization time”.

APRIL 2014

GONZALO ANES HAS PASSED AWAY

Professor Anes, Chair of History and Economic Institutions of the Faculty of
Economics in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, passed away last March, 31st,
2014 in Madrid at the age of 82. Among its large achievements worthy of merit,
these are the most outstanding: Director of the Royal Academy of History up four
times; Prizes, National Prize of History in 1995; Gran Cruz de Alfonso X El
Sabio Award in 1999; Gran Cruz Isabel la Católica Award in 2002 as well as the
Francis Valdés Prize in National Journalism and the Rey Juan Carlos I Prize in
Economics in 2006. In 2009 he was awarded the Jaime I Prize in Economics. He ran
the magazine Moneda y crédito; he was member of the Alto Consejo Hispano-Francés
and also received the degree of Doctor honoris causa by the Universities
of Oviedo and Alicante. Mr. Gonzalo was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of Museo del Prado, member of the Board of Directors of Fundación Príncipe de
Asturias and member of the Council of Government of Banco de España. His prolix
written scientific production reveals a profound dedication to researching and a
life full of constant professional achievements, fact which makes him worthy of
being remembered as “one of the greatest figures of the Spanish Contemporary
Historiography and as a promoter of the academic activity specially in hard
times”.

BOOK
LAUNCH: OPUSCULI. SCRITTI DI GENNARO FRANCIOSI

The book
Opuscoli. Scritti di Gennaro Franciosi was launched last Nevember, 23rd
2013 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, headquarters of the Seconda Università degli
Studi di Napoli. It was
coordinated by his disciple, Professor Lucia Monaco and by the daughter of the
honoree Professor, the Roman Law Professor, Amalia Franciosi. The ceremony took
place in the Faculty of Law, decision made by Professor Franciosi himself. Among
some other personalities, Professor Rosi, rector of the SUN University,
Professors Calilfano and Giovanni, Chairs of the Law Department of the SUN and
Federico II Universities respectively as well as Professor Piccinelli, Chair
of the Department of Political Science “Jean Monet” from the SUN University
attended the event. Chaired by Professor Labruna, Professors Cernigliano,
Manfredini, Reduzzi, Lanza, Mantello and also the above mentioned Professors
Monaco and Franciosi took part during the launch ceremony.

RELIGIONE E DIRITTO ROMANO

The
Università LUM Jean Monnet and the Network European Legal Roots were the
institutions responsible for organizing the “Settimana Romanistica” in Bari
(Casamasima) and the Seminar “Religione e Diritto Romano. La cogenza del rito”
from January 10th to 11th. A large number of professors of
Philosophy of Law, Ecclesiastic Law and Roman Law from the Universities of
Catania, Erfurt and Trento attended the event, among others.

TAKING
OFFICE OF FULL MEMBERSHIP IN RAJL OF PROFESSOR ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ DE BUJÁN

Last
February, 20th, Professor Antonio Fernández de Buján read his
membership discourse titled “The historical debt of modern arbitration” in the
Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation. Professor Luís Diéz-Picazo y
Ponce de León, full member and Chairman of the RAJL (Royal Academy of
Jurisprudence and Legislation), answered the dissertation of the newly admitted
member.

BOOK
LAUNCH: DIREITO ROMANO: PODER E DIREITO

The
collective book Direito Romano: Poder e Direito was lauched last February
in the Faculty of Law in Lisbon, a joint initiative of the Roman Law Professors
Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto, António Menezes Cordeiro, Madalena Santos, Ana Caldeira
Fouto and Filipe de Arede Nunes, among others. More than sixty Romanists from
different European and Latin American Universities have taken part in this work,
which was published as a result of the celebration of the XV International and
XVIII Ibero-American Congresses of Roman Law in Lisbon last February, 2013.

BOOK
LAUNCH: DEMOCRACIA EN EL MUNDO ANTIGUO Y EN LA ACTUALIDAD

The
collective book coordinated by Professor Alicia Valmaña and published by
Editorial Andavira, Democracia en el Mundo Antiguo y en la actualidad,
has been written by several Roman Law professors such as Armando Torrent,
Santiago Castán, Gema Polo and also the book coordinator herself together with
some other professors related to different legal fields such as Constitutional
Law and Private International Law. It was launched in Toledo last February, 26th
2014, by the President of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Ms. Mª
Dolores de Cospedal, surrounded by a large audience, some of whom were regional
political and academic representatives.

XVI International and XIX IBERO-american congresses of roman law

“The
activity of banking and commercial businesses in the mare nostrum”, was
the topic developed in the XVI International and XIX Ibero-American Congresses
of Roman Law which gathered a large number of Romanists in Murcia, from April 10th
to 12th.

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, SEMINAR AND LECTIONES IN UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III,
MADRID

The
Professors of Roman Law of the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Ms. Consuelo
Carrasco and Ms. Ana Mª Rodríguez, according to the activities belonging to the
excellence Chair of Universidad Carlos II- Banco Santander 2013/2014 assigned to
Professor Dario Mantovani, have organized a wide variety of scientific
initiatives such as the Seminar about “L’identità del soggetto nel tempo, fra
diritto romano e filosofía” run by Professor Mantovani next May, 5th
; the International Congress which will take place on May, 9th
attended by, among others, Professors Mantovani, Crawford, Jean-Louis Ferrary
and Martinez Neira and last but not least, the lectiones that during May
and June will be led by Professors Margarita Fuenteseca, Juan Manual Blanch
Nougués, Federico Battaglia, Luigi Pellechi and José Domingo Rodríguez Martín.

XVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND XIX IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

The next
Congress of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law will take place in the
month of April, 10-12, in Murcia, Spain, Professor Díaz Bautista in memoriam.
The topic that will be analyzed: “The
activity of thebanking andmercantile businessin themare nostrum”.

PROFESSOR D. ANTONIO FERNANDEZ DE BUJAN HAS BEEN ELECTED ACADEMIC OF NUMBER OF
THE GALICIAN JURISPRUDENCE ACADEMIC

Professor Fernández de Buján, in a public and formal ceremony hold at Royal
Galician Jurisrpudence Academic, occupied his place as academic of number, with
a discourse titled: “La ley de Jurisdicción voluntaria: un mandato legislativo
pendiente de cumplimiento”,answerd by Professor Rodriguez Ennes, also academic
and roman law professor.

Under
the X FECIES held at Granada (Spain) the last juny was performed the
simposium “Transversalidad de contenidos en el recurso docente: Mulier.
Algunas historias e Instituciones de Derecho Romano” with the aim of referred
book launch, that has been coordinated by the Professor of Roman Law of
Almeria’s University, Rosalía Rodríguez.

MICRO SYMPOSIUM: JURIDICAL PRINCIPLES

Professors Reinoso and Hernando organized the Micro Symposium about juridical
principles at the Faculty of Law UNED and CUNEF (Madrid, Spain) on June 27 and
28 to which
attended a nurished number of italian and spanish Roman Law professors.

INVESTITURE AS DHC OF THE PLOVDIV UNIVERSITY OF THE PROFESSOR ANTONIO FERNANDEZ
DE BUJAN

Last
october 18, in the Auditorium of the Plovdiv University was invested as DHC
the Professor D. Antonio Fernández de Buján. After the ceremony were celebrated
events commemorating 1700 aniversary of Edict of Milan, between them, Conference
about “Religious
toleranceof
antiquitytomodern
times" and
several communications of european professors.

PROFESSOR ANKUM WILL BE INVESTED DHC OF MURCIA UNIVERSITY

On
Thursday, 10 april, 2014, The Professor Emeritus of Amsterdam University and
President of SIHDA, Hans Ankum, be invested DHC by Murcia University.

D.
Antonio Díaz Bautista (Murica, 1943), died in their dear Murcia, January 28, to
the 69 year-old age. Great enthusiast of painting and music, he studied Teaching
and Law at University of Murcia and he enlarged his studies in Germany. From
his “Estudios sobre la Banca Bizantina: negocios en la legislación de Justiniano
“( 1987), to his works for him coordinated as his “Estudios sobre Diocleciano”
(2010), going by the different editions of his “Manual de Derecho Romano”, his
“Cuestiones de Derecho Romano” or the docotral theses of his pupils, besides his
“watercolors”, in which he wanted to reflect this “recóndito soplo de vida
que contienen los objetos en lo más hondo de sus entresijos”, he showed us
his committed work like jurist and man in love with de culture. S.T.T.L.

IV
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE NET LEDA

The days
26 and 27 of October of 2012 hold in the Law Faculty of the University of
Basque country UPV / EHU, in their headquarters of San Sebastian and Bilbao, the
IV international Symposium of the Net LEDA, Network of Studies of Gender and
History of the Tradition Romanística that gathers universities and studious
of diverse countries of Europe and of Latin America and it is in charge of the
promotion of studies and gender investigations and Roman law and history of the
tradition romanística, as well as of history of the political ideas and of the
mentalities. The topic around which rotated the different reports of this IV
Symposium was feminine "Prostitution in the historical- legal experience”

PROFESSOR D. ANTONIO FERNANDEZ DE BUJAN HAS BEEN ELECTED PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE
ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE SPANISH JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGISLATION

The Professor Dr. D.
Antonio Fernández de Buján, Professor of Roman Law, UAM, who, from 2011, had yet
the “Medalla Castelao, has been elected permanente member of Academy of the
Spanish Jurisprudence and Legislation at the suggestion of academics Excmos.
Srs. D. Aurelio Menéndez y
Menéndez, D. Antonio Rodríguez Adrados and D. Rafael Mendizábal Allende. The Professor Fernández de
Buján held the post of number 33.

XV
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND XVII IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW

The subject “Poder e
Dereito” got specialist on Roman Law from Spain, Portugal, Brasil,
Argentine, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Italy, France and Angola, within the
framework of the XV International Congress and XVII Ibero-american Congress of
Roman Law, celebreted in Lisbon and Evora, during the days 14, 15 and 16 of
February.

SEMINAR
OF PROF. WALLINGA. UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III.

Last April 19, the
Professor Wallinga, of the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and de la Universiteit
Antwerpen, gave the lesson “Libertad contractual o igualdad en las prestaciones?.
Primera, segunda y tercera edad de una figura jurídica: rescisión por lesión o
laesio enormis” to which attended a nurtured group of roman Law
professors. in order to serving not only as example of the relationship between
the Roman Law and the modern Private Law, through the analysis of diverse
sources referred to the laesio enormis, but also in order to teaching the
subject of History of the Private Law, in their wider sense, in the Netherlands.

The Università di
Bologna, il Dipartimento di Scienze Giurdiche, il Istituto
Italiano di Scienze umane and the Società Italiana di Storia del Diritto
organize the referred Congress, the next 9, 10 and 11 of May and among other
presenters will participate the Professors Luchetti, Schiavone, Citroni, De
Sanctis, Vacca, Diliberto or Humbert.

LXVII
CONFERENCE OF SIHDA

The next Conference of
Société International Fernand de Visscher pour l’Histoire des Droits de
l’Antiquité to be held in Salzburgo, from 10 to 15 September. The theme will
be: “Roman Law as basis of Modern Law”.

Last
May 11, in the Autónoma University of Madrid, took place the Seminar organized
by the Professor D. Antonio Fernández de Buján "De la responsabilidad por
vicios ocultos a la responsabilidad por falta de conformidad”, to which
attended a nurtured group of roman Law professors of different universities. The
Seminar was imparted by the Professor Garofalo, of the University of Padova who
examined the evolution of the question from the Roman Law to the Directive
European on consumption goods and its adjournment to the Spanish and Italian
juridical legal system.

ACCADEMIA
ROMANISTICA CONSTANTINIANA.
PANEL SESSION. SPELLO.

The
Accademia Romanistica Constaniana organized, as it is tradition in the even
years, the panel session that has for purpose to analyze the scientific results
of the previous Congress, as well as the design of the International following
Congress that will take place in the one 2013.

In this occasion, the
celebration of the panel session in the city of Spello, during the days 27 and
28 of June, had a special development because the opening session was dedicated
to the Professor Crifò's memory. This way, it was deepened in so
missed Professor's scientific profile, for what their own work was divided in
five thematic blocks and analyzed in depth for:

Nelly
Louzanhas died in
Buenos Aires, July of 2012, 24, among other positions, Vice-president of the
Ibero-American Association of Roman Law and emeritus member of the Association
of Professors of Roman Law of Argentine Republic. Her “Derecho e historia en
Roma” (1969), “Curso de Historia e instituciones del Derecho Romano” (1979),
“Derecho de familia y matrimonio en Roma”, “Derecho Civil - Parte General”
(I&II), and “Teoría General de las obligaciones”, as well as their varied
articles in revews of the specialty, numerous conferences and pupils, give
example of their constant activity as Professor and investigator surrendered to
the world of the Roman Law.

LXVI Congress of Société
Internationale 'Fernand of Visscher' pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité
(SIHDA) took place in Oxford, of the 18 at September 22. Again, the
same as in 1993, St Catherine's College was witness of how around the topic
"Reception of the Roman Law”, showed up numerous communications, fruit of the
work of studious in the matter, coming from the most diverse countries of Roman
tradition.

PANEL SESSION IN MEMORY OF PROFA. DRA. NELLY DORA LOUZAN DE SOLIMANO

The Faculty of Juridical
Sciences of the Salvador's University, the past October 9, organized a panel
session in memory of Profa. Louzán of Solimano with the participation of
experts in criminal Law as José Carlos Costa, Irma Irma Beatríz García Neto and
Horacio García and the intervention, in moderator's quality, of Claudia Gabriela
Somovilla.

CORSO DI
ALTA FORMAZIONE
IN ROMAN LAW
At the Facoltà di Giurispudenza, Sezione “Istituto di Diritto romano e
dei Diritti dell’Oriente Mediterraneo”. Dipartimento di Scienze
Giuridichee
dei Diritti dell'Oriente Mediterranean" of the Roman University “ La
Sapienza” will take place in this academic course 2012/2013, a new edition
of the one referred course.

XV
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND XVIII IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ROMAN LAW
The next Congress of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law will take place
in the month of February, in Lisbon, Portugal. The topic that will be analyzed:
“ Roman Public Law. From Rome to the present time."

Has
been closed the 11º Course-seminar of Roman Law organized by the Area of Roman
Law of the University of Barcelona among the days February 6 at April 16 of
2011.
The Course-seminar is directed by Prof. Dr. Ricardo Panero.

XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XVII IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAW

The
XIV International Congress and XVII Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
took place in Almería, Spain, the days 28 at March 30 of
2012. The general topic of the Congress turned on “Fundamenta
iuris. Terminología, principios e interpretatio: de Roma a la
actualidad".

II INTERNATIONAL PRIZE URSICINO ÁLVAREZ

Last April 16 was delivered the "Ursicino Álvarez"
International Prize, which relapsed in the Prof. Dr. Ankum and in the Prof.
Dr. Giuffrè. The above
mentioned International Prize is delivered by the Foundation Seminar of
Roman law Ursicino Álvarez.

January 26 2012 took place
the presentation of the book "Le
idee fanno la loro strada. La Teoria generale dell’interpretazionedi
Emilio Betti: cinquant’anni".The act, that took
place lapsed a year of the painful disappearance of Prof. Crifò, author of the
work, took place in the headquarters of Istituto Nazionale di
Studi Romani and
intervened, among other, Mario Caravale, Antonio Cervati, Achille of Nitto,
Antonio Mantello, Mario Mazza, Pietro Rescigno and Paolo Sommella.

In Palacio of Colomina of
Valencia, headquarters of the University CEU Cardinal Herrera, the days 15 and
16 of December of 2011 the second Jornadas
Internacionales de Derecho Administrativo, Medioambiental y Fiscal Romano
took place, directed by the Prof. Antonio Fernández de Buján.

SYMPOSIUM IN THE
EÖTVÖS UNIVERSITY

November 24, 2011, the
Symposium
took place in Budapest. The general topic of the Symposium turned on “Contribution
of Hungarian Jurists to the Development of the Science and Codification of
Private Law ".

Juan
of Churruca (January 27 of 1923) has died in Bilbao last day October 27 to
the 88 year-old age. It made studies of classic Philology (Loyola and
Salamanca: 1942 -1945) and it was graduated in Philosophy in Oña (1948), in
Theology in Oña and Innsbruck (1956) and in Law in Valladolid (1951). Their
specialization like romanist were forged in Graz and Bonn. He was Rector of
the University of Deusto and Consejero of Education of the Basque
Government. He leaves more than sixty scientific publications, especially in
the environment of the relationships between Christianity and Roman world.

AGERSON TABOSA HAS
DIED

Graduated in Latin Letters and Law by the Federal University of Ceará,
Máster of Political Science studied in the University of Río de Janeiro and
the Doctorate in Law in the University of São Paulo. Author of scientific
and pedagogic numerous works, was Dean of the Law school of the Federal
University of Ceará.

The
LXV congress of "Société internationale 'Fernand of Visscher' pour l'Histoire de
Droits de l'Antiquité" took place in Lieja the days 19 at September 24 of 2011.
The general topic of the Congress turned on "L'obligation dans les Droits de
l'Antiquité, de la source à l'exécution."

XIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XVI IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAW

The
XIII International Congress and XVI Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
took place in Belém, Pará, Amazônia, Brazil, the days 1 at September 3 of
2011. The general topic of the Congress turned on “O Direito de família, de Roma à atualidade".

XIII SPANISH CONGRESS OF CLASSIC STUDIES

The
XIII congress of the Spanish Society of Classic Studies took place in Logroño
the days 18 at July 22 of 2011.
The Congress, that takes place every four years, had 310 papers and almost 500
participants.

XXIV SEMINARIO COMPLUTENSE DE DERECHO ROMANO

The XXIV Seminario Complutense of Roman Law took
place in Madrid the days 3 and 22 of June of 2011.
In this session diverse specialists participated, as Profa. Vano, of the
University of Naples, Prof. Varvaro, of the University of Palermo, or Prof.
Briguglio, of the University of Bologna.

UNIVERSITY COURSES OF EXCHANGE AND GOOD PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL IN THE LAW SCHOOLS

The
Courses were organized jointly for the University of Almería and Granada, by
means of reports and papers, under the codirection of Profa. Rosalía Rodríguez.
The sessions were carried out the days 20 and 27 of May of 2011. In
the same ones they took part the Prof. De las Heras and the Prof. Camacho.

The end of his life
happened in the course of the execution of his teaching work, as the leading
authority on Roman Law that he will be always. It happened instants after
his last student had being honored, in the same place in which the Professor
taught to so many and so many jurists throughout great part of his life. Man
of free thought, as few, of generosity without limits and with enormous
longings of learning mainly and of all those that surrounded him. As
faithful disciple of Betti, his scientific research were based on the field
of the hermeneutics, the rhetoric, the history of the political thought and
of the work of Vico. In 1963 he, as lecturer, imparted History of Roman
Law in Rome; as in charge of Roman Law in Macerata, in 1964 and later, in
1970 as in charge of Institutions of Roman Law and of History of Roman Law
in Perugia. At the University “La Sapienza” he also taught Exegesis of the
sources of the Roman Law and he exercised as Professor of History of the
Roman Law. President of Romance Constantine, Fellow – Institute for
Advanced Study – zu Berlin, visiting Professor in several foreign
universities, Dr. h.c. University of Sevilla, director of the Review
Diritto Romano Attuale, codirector of the complete works of P. Bonfante.
S.T.T.L.

ALBERTO BURDESE HAS DIED

The last
February, the Professor Alberto Burdese died in Padova. Graduate in Law
for the University of Torino, under the guide of Prof. Grosso, was assisting in
the chair of Roman Law in this University from the academic course 1947-1948,
obtaining the professorship in 1952, at 25 year-old age. Their teaching has
exercised in the universities of Camerino, Ferrara and Padova
where he has been holder of the chair of Institutions of Roman Law from 1954 to
1999, Director of the Institute of Roman Law, History of the right and
ecclesiastical Lawt, from 1984 to 1998 and Dean of the Law Faculty from the year
1995. Also, among other many merits, the Professor Burdese was member of the
Advisory Committee of Law of the University National Council, member of the
Ordinary Committee of the Law Facultyl of Verona, Medal of gold in the School of
the Culture and of the Art and in 1996 it was invested as Dr. h. c. for the
University Complutense of Madrid. Insigne Maestro di studi giuridici e Uomo
straordinario per qualità personali, in words of the Professor Garofalo, he
has wrotten more than 200 publications on varied topics of general theory of the
law, Roman public and private law, private law etc. Rest in pace.

RIDROM IN INTERCLASSICA

The international
visualization of our Review continues increasing. We already gave news of the
presence of RIDROM in DOAG or DIALNET, besides being indexed in LATINDEX, ISOC
and DICE. Now the International Review of Roman Law has been incorporate to
InterClassica (http://interclassica.um.it is / ridrom). InterClassica is a
website dedicated to the old Greek and Roman world. In InterClassica they have
incorporated the data of our Magazine and a link to the diverse numbers and the
articles (abstract and full text). Thank you to InterClassica to contribute to
the diffusion of our researchs.

RIDROM IN THE ROMAN
LAW LIBRARY

Our gratefulness also to
"The Roman Law Library" to add RIDROM (as International Review of Roman Law:
http://web.upmf-grenoble.fr / Haiti / Cours / Ak / index.htm) to their index of
journals.

XIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XVI IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAW

As we already inform,
the
XIII International Congress and XVI Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
will be celebrated in Belém,
Pará, Amazônia, Brasil,
from the september 1-3 ,
2011. The Congress will turn on “O Direito de família, de Roma à atualidade". For more information it is possible to
consult the following link: http://www.aidrom.com .

Has
been closed the 10º Course-seminar of Roman Law organized by the Area of Roman
Law of the University of Barcelona among the days February 7 at April 11 of
2011.
The Course-seminar is directed by Prof. Dr. Ricardo Panero.

RIDROM has also been
incorporate to Spanish databases, as ISOC (http://bddoc.csic.es:8080/index.jsp)
and especially DICE
(http://dice.cindoc.csic.es/).
DICE has
the objective of facilitating the knowledge and the consultation from some of
the editorial characteristics of the Spanish magazines of Humanities and Social
Sciences more closely bound to the quality, relative to so qualitative aspects
as the mechanisms of evaluation of originals to publish, the opening of the
management organs and address, the presence of diverse institutions not linked
to the entity publisher among the published contributions, the diffusion of the
magazines in databases multidisciplinares and specialized of international
prestige or the type of presence in Internet.DICE it is fruit of an agreement of collaboration between the Superior
Council of Scientific Researchs (CSIC) and the National Agency of Evaluation of
the Quality and Acreditation (ANECA).
ANECA
uses this database like reference of quality of the Spanish publications, in its
processes of faculty's evaluation.
It is also used by other Agencies, as ANEP or CNEAI.

SYMPOSIUM

The Hungarian Academy of
the Sciences and the University Eötvös Loránd of Budapest has organized a
Symposium titled "Roman Law, Comparative Law, European Law" that will take place
November 8 in Budapes.

XII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XV IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAWThe XIIth International Congress and the XVth Ibero-American Congress
of Roman law was celebrated successfully in Buenos Aires on the may 26-29,
2010. The general topic of the Congress treated on "El Derecho de
obligaciones: de Roma al Derecho moderno".

The
International Review of Roman Law has passed its first evaluation. As
consequence of it, RIDROM has been incorporate to the international database
LATINDEX. In this index we figure in the Catalog, what means that we are
among those 4.000 magazines of higher quality of those 18.000 indexed (two
are only in Roman Right) and only ours of free access.

RIDROM IN THE ISOC
AND IN THE DICE

RIDROM has also been
incorporate to Spanish databases, as ISOC (http://bddoc.csic.es:8080/index.jsp)
and especially DICE
(http://dice.cindoc.csic.es/).
DICE has
the objective of facilitating the knowledge and the consultation from some of
the editorial characteristics of the Spanish magazines of Humanities and Social
Sciences more closely bound to the quality, relative to so qualitative aspects
as the mechanisms of evaluation of originals to publish, the opening of the
management organs and address, the presence of diverse institutions not linked
to the entity publisher among the published contributions, the diffusion of the
magazines in databases multidisciplinares and specialized of international
prestige or the type of presence in Internet.DICE it is fruit of an agreement of collaboration between the Superior
Council of Scientific Researchs (CSIC) and the National Agency of Evaluation of
the Quality and Acreditation (ANECA).
ANECA
uses this database like reference of quality of the Spanish publications, in its
processes of faculty's evaluation.
It is also used by other Agencies, as ANEP or CNEAI.

75 ANNIVERSARY OF STUDIA ET DOCUMENTA

The present year fulfills 75 anniversary of the
prestigious Review " Studia et Documents Historiae et Iuris ". With this
motive, on January 10 a solemn act was celebrated in the Pontificia
Università Lateranense, organized by the Istituto Utriusque Iuris.

XII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XV IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAWAs we already inform,
the
XII International Congress and XV Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
will be celebrated in Buenos Aires from the 27th – 29th
May,
2010. The Congress will turn on “The Law of obligations: from Rome to the
present Law". For more information and inscriptions, it is possible to
consult the following link: http://www.salvador.edu.ar/juri/derechoromano2010/

SCIENCE AND JURIDICAL THOUGHT

Andavira Publisher starts,
under the direction of the romanista Prof. Dr. Ramón P. Rodríguez Montero, the
international collection "Science and Juridical Thought". All those authors that
want to publish their works in the Collection will remit the same ones in paper
and CD, or by mail electronic, together with their personal data, administrative
university condition or professional and a descriptive brief curriculum of their
investigating activity and publications to the address of postal mail of the Law
school of University of A Coruña, to the attention of the Director of that, or
in their case, to the address of the Director's electronic mail. Once received
the original correspondent, you will proceed to send it to two specialists,
belonging to different Universitys of that of the author, of the thematic Area
to the one that corresponds the received investigation work, with the purpose
that these emit their mediating valuation a reasoned brief report, in a term of
time non superior to two months. In attention to the total group of emitted
reports, the decision for the publication of the work and the Collection, it
will be taken by the advisory international scientific Committee.

II INTERNATIONAL PRIZE URSICINO ÁLVAREZ

Last March 23, the "Ursicino Álvarez"
International Prize, in the second edition, was delivered in the
headquarters of the Colegio Notarial of Madrid, which relapsed into the
Prof. Dr. Mario Bretone and in the Prof. Dr. Dieter Nörr. The above
mentioned International Prize is delivered by the Foundation Seminar of
Roman law Ursicino Álvarez and in the first edition relapsed in the Prof.
Dr. Juan de Churruca and in the Illustrious Notary Ángel Martínez Sarrión.

II DAYS ON BASEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN LAW

From November 11 to last
November 13, there were celebrated the Days II on Basements of the European
Law, organized by the Area of Roman law of the University of Alicante and
directed by the Profa. Dra. Aránzazu Calzada. In the same ones they took
part the Prof. Dr. Giuliano Crifò, Prof. Dr. Andrea Trisciuoglio, Prof. Dr.
Giovanni Luchetti, Prof. Dr. Armando Torrent, Prof. Dr. Ricardo Panero,
Prof. Dr. Antonio Díaz Bautista, Prof. Dr. César Rascón, Prof. Dr. Gustavo
de las Heras, Prof. Dr. Luis Rodríguez Ennes, Prof. Dr. Alfonso Murillo and
the Profa. Dra. Carmen Lopez Rendo.

FOUNDATION JURIDICAL EUROPEAN COLLOQUY

Last April 22, the Foundation
Juridical European Colloquium organized a Day with the topic " The Judge in
Rome: functions and responsibility ", in that they informed the Profa. Dr.
Margarita Fuenteseca, of the University of Vigo, and of the Prof. Dr. Carlo
Venturini, of the University of Pisa.

The
day October 29 died Pablo
Fuenteseca, Catedrático de Derecho Romano in
the University of La
Laguna, Salamanca and Autónoma of Madrid. In
the University of Santiago de Compostela he obtained
the Licenciatura en Derecho, with extraordinary Prize, and the Licenciatura
en Filosofía y Letras. Extraordinary prize of Doctorate for the University Central of Madrid.
He was a scholarship
holder for the Istituto di diritto Romano and for the Alexander von
Humbolt Foundation, Cruz de Honor de San Raimundo de Peñafort,
Honorary
Professor of the Law School of the University of Vigo, Medal of Silver of
Galicia and Academic of the Royal Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence,
was possessing numerous publications and
prestigious disciples.
Rest in peace.

XII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XV IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAWThe
XII International Congress and XV Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
will be celebrated in Buenos Aires from the 27th – 29th
May,
2010. The Congress will turn on “The Law of obligations: from Rome to the
present Law".

INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF ADMINISTRATIVE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRIBUTARY ROMAN LAW

The past
October 8 took place in the Law school of the University San Pablo-CEU of
Madrid, under the direction of Prof. Dr. D. Antonio Fernández of Buján and with
the auspices of the Institute CEU of Right and Environmental (he/she DEVISES)
Ethics, the first International Days of administrative, environmental and
tributary Roman Law.

It has been developed in
the Law school of the Karl-Franzens-Universität, in the city of Graz (Austria),
the 25 and 26 of May of 2009, the first encounter of Network Leda, the net that
unites universities and studious of diverse countries of Europe and of Latin
America, and that it is in charge of of the promotion of studies and
investigations of Roman Law and history of the romanistic tradition, as well as
of history of the political ideas, of history of the mentalities (with matter it
indexes the women and the relationships among the sexes).

HUNGARIAN ROMANISTS FIFTH CONVENTION

February 20 2009 took
place, in Eötvös Loránd Universität of Budapest, the fifth Convention of
Hungarian romanists, in which participated eminent romanists and civilists
of diverse countries.

XI CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL
Y
XIV CONGRESO IBEROAMERICANO DE DERECHO ROMANOThe XIth International Congress and the XIVth Latin-American Congress
of Roman law was celebrated successfully in Lisbon on the 4th, February 5
and 6, 2009 organized by the Facultade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa.
The general topic of the Congress treated on " Sistema Contractual Romano:
de Roma ao Direito actual".

ACADEMIA GALLEGA DE JURISPRUDENCIA Y LEGISLACIÓN

The Galician Academy of Jurisprudence and
Legislation has taken as an unanimity the decision to nominate An
Academician the romanist Antonio Fernandez de Buján, Catedrático of the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The obligatory speech will be answered by
the romanist Luis Rodríguez Ennes, Catedrático of the Universidad de Vigo.

RIDROM IN THE DIALNET

The RIDROM appears among the reviews gathered in
DIALNET (the most important Web of diffusion of the scientific production of
Spain) which articles can be consulted directly from this database.

RIDROM IN THE RECOLECTA

The Web RECOLECTA (recollector of opened science)
is a joint initiative of the Network of University Libraries (REBIUN) and
the Spanish Foundation for the Science and the Technology (FECyT) that has
as principal aim promote the publication in access opened of the works of
research that develop in the different academic spanish institutions.

There has died the illustrious romanist Juan
Miquel, Emeritus Professor of the University Pompeu Fabra, during one of his
habitual stays of research in Munich. Extraordinary prize of
Doctorate for Valencia, Summa cum laude and Facultätspreis for Munich,
teacher invited in diverse European Universities, was possessing numerous
publications and prestigious disciples.
Rest in peace.

XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XIV IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAWThe
XI International Congress and XIV Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
will be celebrated in Lisbon from the 4th – 6th February,
2009, organized by the Facultade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa. The
Congress will turn on “Roman Contractual System: from Rome to the present
Law". More information in congressodr@fd.ul.pt (
www.aidrom.com y www.fd.ul.pt ).

7º
SEMINAR OF ROMAN LAWGrupo de
investigación Trajano
Departamento de Historia del Derecho, Derecho Romano y Derecho Eclesiástico
del Estado
Universidad de BarcelonaFrom October 2 to Dicember 16, 2008.Four modules will be given: practical
aspects of the legal business, the inheritance and the effects the one of
its acquisition, of the family and the marriage, of some Roman contracts and
their projection.

X INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
AND
XIII IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF
ROMAN LAWThe
X International Congress and XIII Ibero-American Congress of Roman Law
took place in Toledo from the 6th – 9th
February, 2008, under the patronage of the University of Castilla-La
Mancha. The Congress tried on "Research and Teaching of Roman Law".
With four presentations, covering: "Perspectives on Romanistic
research", " Roman Law and the education received by lawyers. Legal
harmonization", "Perspectives on Roman Law Teaching" and "Evaluation on
the research and teaching of Roman Law". For further information, visit
the website of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law, (www.aidrom.com).